Veil-holder.



nu. 697,523. Patented Apr-.15, 1902.

M. m. mcsaATH.

VEIL HOLDER.

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MARIAN MAY MCGRATH, OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,523, dated April 15, 1902. Application filed November 11, 1901. Serial No. 81,849. (No model.)

To MZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that LMAEIAN MAY MCGRATH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Germantown,`in the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veil-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a fastening device for holding a veil or similar ornament to a hat or bonnet; and in such connection it relates particularly to the construction and arrangement of such a fastening device.

The principal object of my invention is to r5,provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive fastening device for veils or other ornaments for hats and bonnets, said vdevice consisting, preferably, of wire having two members united to orintegral with each other,one member of the device adapted to penetrate and be clamped down upon the brim or body of the hat or bonnet and the other member projecting upward in the form of two prongs or arms adapted when bent inward to encircle and clamp the veil or ornament to the hat or bonnet.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from Jthe following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,

in which- Figure l is a view of the fastening device as applied in use to a veil upon a ladys hat. Fig. 2 is a side elevationalview of the device inserted or clamped to the brim or body of the hat and having the two prongs of the upper member projecting upward ready to receive the veil or ornament; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating the prongs of the upper member bent to encircle the knot of the veil.

Referring to Figs. l to 3 of the drawings, the device consists of two metallic wires av and b,twisted together, as at ot', to form a substantially integral structure. The free ends of the wire a project'upward in the form of two prongs (t2, each'preferably rounded or formed with a knob a3 at the eXtreme tip of the prong to prevent any sharp points engaging the ornament e. The other wire, b, has its free ends projecting downward, so as to traverse the hat brim or body d and to be clamped thereto by turning the ends inward,'as at b. 'Ihe prongs a2, when the device is not in use or the veil or ornament e is to loe removed, project -npward in slightlydiverging planes to receive the knot e of the veil e or other part of the' .ornament to be clasped or clamped to the hat.

When the Aknot e is inserted'between the prongs a2, these prongs are turned inward toward each other, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, to thereby encircle the knot e and to lock or clamp it to the hat. When the arms or prongs a2 thus encircle the knot e', their free and rounded ends CL3 project outwardly beyond the knot e', as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, so as to be readily accessible whenever it is necessary to bend the prongs a2 upward into the form illustrated in Fig. 2 to thereby release the knot e from the fastening.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fastening device for veils and similar hat ornaments, comprising two wires wound onto each other to form a twisted base,the free ends of one of the wires projecting downward from said base and arranged to enter the brim of the hat and to be fastened thereto and the free ends of the other wire projecting upward from said base and adapted to be bent inward in opposite directions toward each other to encircle the knot of the veil or ornament, said free ends when bent projecting beyond the knot so as to be readily accessible when the free ends are unbent to release said knot.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARIAN MAY MCGRATH. 

